Hi guys,
I'm completely new to this area and also not coming as a hobby-aquarist, but as a marine biologist.
I just started working with sponges and have ahuge problem..
I have a quite simple set-up with a constant flow through of natural, brackish water, that flows into an oxygenated header tank and is dispersed via gravity! into small 1.5 l tanks. Each tank contains one sponge, Halichondria panicea. So no filter, no pump, just air that is introduced via a bubble stone into the header tank, not into the single aquaria.
Each sponge is basically covered in gas bubbles Some started flowting at the surface as they are so buoyant with all the gas in their canal system. I suspect super tiny bubbles, that accumulate at some connection points into bigger bubbles to be the problem, but Im not sure.
Does anyone have any idea what I could try or has anyone had the same problem already?
One more thing: YES, the sponges were submerged at any point of time, I collected them myself from the field and brought them to the lab.
I'm completely new to this area and also not coming as a hobby-aquarist, but as a marine biologist.
I just started working with sponges and have ahuge problem..
I have a quite simple set-up with a constant flow through of natural, brackish water, that flows into an oxygenated header tank and is dispersed via gravity! into small 1.5 l tanks. Each tank contains one sponge, Halichondria panicea. So no filter, no pump, just air that is introduced via a bubble stone into the header tank, not into the single aquaria.
Each sponge is basically covered in gas bubbles Some started flowting at the surface as they are so buoyant with all the gas in their canal system. I suspect super tiny bubbles, that accumulate at some connection points into bigger bubbles to be the problem, but Im not sure.
Does anyone have any idea what I could try or has anyone had the same problem already?
One more thing: YES, the sponges were submerged at any point of time, I collected them myself from the field and brought them to the lab.